[ref. g22708821] Healthcare Assistant | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Are you interested in joining our excellent team to maintain our high standards of holistic care to acute, weaning and chronic respiratory patients? Do you have the skills we are looking for to ensure we get it right for every patient, every time?

Respiratory support unit and respiratory ward is looking to recruit motivated Healthcare Assistants in a permanent position. We are a 42 bedded ward who provide support to patients who have respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pleural effusions, bronchiectasis and many other respiratory diseases.

• Communicate with patients and their visitors in order to promote their comfort and well-being
• Communication with other members of the organisation and respond appropriately.
• Assist with admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
• Make unoccupied beds and occupied beds.
• Assist patients out of bed, helping with dressing and undressing as required.
• Assist with manual handling and transferring of patients complying with the Trust
• Moving and Handling policy
• Under direction of trained nurse, assist with the treatment/management of patients with insect infestations.
• Report Accidents/incidents to nurse in charge and complete appropriate Trust forms.
• Chaperone Medical Staff.

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• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024